Quick selection tool cs5, please help :)

i am not too sure wether i have changed a setting or curse for my quick selection but everytime i go to select something it doesnt come with the dotted out lines, it
comes out as just a black outlines, can this be fixed?

leahMEATSIX: (not a Lady Gaga fan by any chance, are you?)
You could try a couple or so things...
1. Check you have the latest drivers for your graphics card... If not, download and install, if yes, reinstall them (in both cases, after first uninstalling the existing ones.)
2. Delete your preferences (or move to another location). Restart and see.
3. Check your monitor is at the optimum resolution
4. If none of the above works, and everything was working fine before, suggest you uninstall (don't forget to first deactivate) and then reinstall PS.
NB: Edited to correct some typos and add point 4.

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/2974532#2974532
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I mentioned working on my laptop without GPU acceleration, and how much it slowed everything down, but Quick Select was still laggy after the driver updated and GPU acceleration restored. This is a reasonable laptop with i7, 16Gb and GTX680. Thankfully, I got my main system back yesterday, and Quick select is pretty much instant.
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Another odd thing is that I only have 1GB vRAM with the GTX570, where the GTX680 has 4Gb of faster vRAM. But maybe Quick select is not a big user of GPU acceleration.
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Make a copy of the layer, and apply Curves and/or Levels directly to the layer, and try to increase contrast between the subject and background. Use this layer to make the selection, then switch back to the normal layer to use the selection.
I don’t know if this will work as I have just thought of it. Copy the layer, and Free Transform it to a smaller size. It will be image dependant, but Quick Select is much faster with images below about 1500 pixels wide. Use Quick select on the smaller image layer, and copy the selection to a new layer. FT it back up to size, and it should fit. This would only be useful if you are going to use Refine Edge right after, and will have obvious limitations.
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Once you have a selection, I use Ctrl C to copy and Ctrl V to paste. This will add a layer but may not look like it as it is in exactly the same spot in picture. If you paste again it will show up near middle of picture.
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